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and julie rovner from npr to talk about the president's implementation of the health- care bill. that is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span and c-span radio. thank you for joining us. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> as far as how states are viewing debt discussions in washington, what concerns among chief executives like yourself? >> the concerns are two-fold. the biggest concern and the more inaction we have been out of washington, d.c., the more upset this causes in our own economies and state. consumer confidence and business confidence is affecting my economy. you can imagine my consumer confidence is down. i'm not getting revenues and it is affecting the coffers of state government. a number of those in the business community have money but have not been willing to hire simply because of the uncertainty of what is going on in washington, d.c. that really has a direct impact but not just my state. with all
and julie rovner from npr to talk about the president's implementation of the health- care bill. that is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span and c-span radio. thank you for joining us. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> as far as how states are viewing debt discussions in washington, what concerns among chief executives...
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host: npr breaks down who is serving. the go to raleigh, north carolina. ron on our republican line. go ahead. guest: are you there? caller: yes, i am a retired military person. i served in vietnam. i went again in 1964. enlisted before i got out of high school. served in vietnam. i was over there on the previous occasion. i served 20 years. veterans from the vietnam era have been pushed aside with no cost of living. they're talking about cutting social security. it just seems like they're pushing aside. i'm afraid the same thing will happen to these people that went to iraq and afghanistan when this is all liquid. -- all over with. after vietnam, everything we did went to pot. it did turn out to be a good country now. i'm afraid the stamping will happen to those people over there, getting wounded. the politicians will do this and them that they did to us. guest: thank you for your service. the fact of the matter is you are going to have a civilian populace that goes hot and cold. politicians cycle in faster than you can blink. that's the reason i think we
host: npr breaks down who is serving. the go to raleigh, north carolina. ron on our republican line. go ahead. guest: are you there? caller: yes, i am a retired military person. i served in vietnam. i went again in 1964. enlisted before i got out of high school. served in vietnam. i was over there on the previous occasion. i served 20 years. veterans from the vietnam era have been pushed aside with no cost of living. they're talking about cutting social security. it just seems like they're...
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npr's louisa lim said it's crude, tasteless, and comes off as pro murdoch propaganda. and on this side of the ocean, it seems like the united states is indeed investigating claims of news corp. repeatedly hacking one of its rivals. >>> joining me now, michael isikoff. michael, what is the latest in terms of the investigation that's going on here in the states? >> well, the new development is this company in new jersey, floor graphics, which is an advertising firm that does floor graphics for safeway and stores like that, had been a rival of news america, which was the advertising division of news corp. and back in 2003 and 2004, it discovered that its password protected computer system had been hacked and traced it to an ip address at news america, its competitor. they reported this to the fbi at the time, to the u.s. attorney's office, then headed by chris christie in new jersey, and the new jersey state police. nothing came of those. but these allegations were a central part of a lawsuit that floor graphics filed against news america, and that was settled with a $29
npr's louisa lim said it's crude, tasteless, and comes off as pro murdoch propaganda. and on this side of the ocean, it seems like the united states is indeed investigating claims of news corp. repeatedly hacking one of its rivals. >>> joining me now, michael isikoff. michael, what is the latest in terms of the investigation that's going on here in the states? >> well, the new development is this company in new jersey, floor graphics, which is an advertising firm that does floor...
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. >> brown: julie r.o.v.er in of npr, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >> ifill: now to the third in our series of reports from indonesia, where developing a male contraceptive is the new face of family planning. ray suarez reports. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much: six-feet tall, a leafy shrub growing amid the lush foliage of an indonesian forest. but a chemical locked in these leaves could become a useful tool for limiting population growth here in indonesia and potentially around the globe. to get to the plants, it's a one-hour hike or a white- knuckled motorcycle ride up a steep mountain path across two rickety wooden bridges. the plant is called gandarusa and its medicinal qualities have been known to people here for centuries. traditionally, it has been brewed into an herbal remedy for stress to calm the nerves. but for a long time, there had been talk of an unexpected side effect: reduced fertility. now researchers in surabaya, on the eastern edge of the island of java, are drying the leaves, chopping them up, extracting the active chemical, and putting it in capsule for
. >> brown: julie r.o.v.er in of npr, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >> ifill: now to the third in our series of reports from indonesia, where developing a male contraceptive is the new face of family planning. ray suarez reports. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much: six-feet tall, a leafy shrub growing amid the lush foliage of an indonesian forest. but a chemical locked in these leaves could become a useful tool for limiting population growth here in indonesia...
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let's try out this one, a quote from president obama on npr. he said, ronald reagan repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the united states to be impaired in any way. what's verdict on that one? >> we rated this one mostly true. we dug into the historical documents and we found reagan did say the u.s. should pay its debts and it should not be in document now, presidents usually support increases to the debt ceiling while congress comp plain it we know that, rated mostly true. >> finally, it one from victoria jackson, she's comedian and tea party supporter. a clause niptd obama care bill, which is now law, gives obama the right to form a private army. what do we make of that? >> this one got the pants on fire. it seemed to be a serious commentary so we took it seriously and checked it. the health care law does expand the public health service, which has a uniformed commission corps, but doctors and nurses, not members of the military no private armies in the health care bill. >> she is a come
let's try out this one, a quote from president obama on npr. he said, ronald reagan repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the united states to be impaired in any way. what's verdict on that one? >> we rated this one mostly true. we dug into the historical documents and we found reagan did say the u.s. should pay its debts and it should not be in document now, presidents usually support increases to the debt ceiling while congress comp...
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the npr came up with one idea. >> each day the u.s. treasury mints nearly $2 million in coins. coins that mostly go directly into storage. abc's john karl checked it out. >> reporter: we took a journey to the u.s. mint in philadelphia where they seem to have more doors than "get smart." for a lesson in how the government is losing money by making money. it sounds a little bit like las vegas around here except the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar coin. congress ordered the mint to make millions of them to honor every dead president. but nobody seems to want them. rutherford b. hayes. hot off the press, literally, these coins are still warm. made of manganese brass, they cost nearly 32 cents a pop to make. the mint makes nearly 2 million of them every day. do the math. about $600,000 a day to make them. and each one of these bags, 140,000 coins, $140,000, more than 2,000 pounds. because almost nobody uses these things, most go directly into storage. we found a bunch of them 100 miles down the road in a vault. here at the federal reserve in baltimore, the c
the npr came up with one idea. >> each day the u.s. treasury mints nearly $2 million in coins. coins that mostly go directly into storage. abc's john karl checked it out. >> reporter: we took a journey to the u.s. mint in philadelphia where they seem to have more doors than "get smart." for a lesson in how the government is losing money by making money. it sounds a little bit like las vegas around here except the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar...
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the npr reporter explained that the teacher now discusses gay sex with students tore rowly and explicitly with a chart in the 8th grade. i feel like i'm representing parents who have not been invited to speak who have a seriously held religious view that marriage is between one man and woman and they want to protect their young children against other views. robin in 2006 had their 7-year-old son joey come home to tell about a book the teacher read to the 1st grade class on same-sex relationships. they thought he was mistaken at first. the request the school inform them about such presentations, and they were turned down. another couple, david and tonya parker had a worse result when questioning the teaching of the same-sex issues to their young son. mr. parker found himself in jail. i'm trying to be a good dad parker said after the arrangement. they were christians attempting to follow their faith. we're not intoller rapt said his wife. we love all people. that's part of our faith, but see the judge ruled in that case, the case of the parkers and they had this to say. the sooner children
the npr reporter explained that the teacher now discusses gay sex with students tore rowly and explicitly with a chart in the 8th grade. i feel like i'm representing parents who have not been invited to speak who have a seriously held religious view that marriage is between one man and woman and they want to protect their young children against other views. robin in 2006 had their 7-year-old son joey come home to tell about a book the teacher read to the 1st grade class on same-sex...